Haddock v. Taylor
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Coleman. Tried below before Hon. J. P. Hutchison, Special District Judge, appointed by the Governor. This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendant Taylor in an action brought by Haddock for damages for fraudulently inducing defendant to buy a -tract of land by falsely and fraudulently representing to defendant the facts necessary (in detail) to render the title good as school land purchased from the State subject to the payment of the deferred payments…
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Appeal from Coleman. Tried below before Hon. J. P. Hutchison, Special District Judge, appointed by the Governor. This is an appeal from a judgment for the defendant Taylor in an action brought by Haddock for damages for fraudulently inducing defendant to buy a -tract of land by falsely and fraudulently representing to defendant the facts necessary (in detail) to render the title good as school land purchased from the State subject to the payment of the deferred payments under the law. The defendant had bought of one Graves, and the deed (which was a quit claim) was made by Graves and wife to…
1Opinion of the Court
Henry, Associate Justice.
Plaintiff instituted this suit to recover damages for misrepresentations made by defendant with regard to the title to a tract of land sold him by defendant.
The j)etition charges that certain facts upon which the title sold depended, alleged to .exist by defendant, did not in fact exist, causing the failure of the title.
Plaintiff seeks to recover three hundred and seventy dollars, the consideration paid by him for the land; two hundred and fifty dollars, the value of permanent improvements placed by him on the land; two hundred dollars exemplary damages, and…
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